Top of the Hill
Back in the day me and my brother would ride our skateboards to some hill and ride down them. Pretty basic stuff, and it almost isn’t done any more in this simple way. Just the same fear played a factor in these little boy games, as you usually reached a speed that exceeded your ability to run it out if you chickened out! High speed wobble mean anything to anybody here?
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funkyfacestudio
Cool shot, love the black silhouette and the blue background.
midzing
I have never skateboarded,,, but I have a mountain bike,,,, and I know the fear of a high speed wobble from that!!! great image, well done
kcranmer
OMG this is absolutely fantastico!!!
Mark Ramstead
I want to make a shirt out of this! I’m stalling because I’m not sure if I should add some print?
Dan Cahill
Great sillohette
Beatriz R. Ald...
I think it will look great on a shirt just the way it is. Wonderful shot!
berndt2
Love the sense of movement in the shot!
paulevelin
excellent image
colurs, composition, mood…all works very well
Mien
cool man
Mark Tisdale
This was a part of childhood I somehow missed out on.
At any rate, this is awesome – great silhouette and color. Really captures the reckless abandonment of youth!
Jenny Haskey
Amazing silhouette. Fantastic composition and perfectly timed shot. Absolutely perfect.
Stefan Trenker
very cool silhouetting! great capture!
J.K. York
ah yes, i remember! great graphic silhouette. beautiful subtle gradient of blue. excellent dynamics. well done.
cdwork
Great sihouette- simplistic power
PaulBradley
My skateboarding days were brief but I recently started kite-boarding ….. cracked ribs & broken foot are a testament to my skills ;-)
Great shot, perfect timing.
Alex Marks
this is such an awesome image – inspiring!!!! thanks!!
Jason Moses
Beautifully done. Clothes and hair look like that era as well. Keep it as is for a shirt, I say.
Jeff Burns
fantastic shot
Nicole Goggins
great image!
joolz
Great silhouette.
Love the gradient blue.
Douzy
Love the minimalism. Very effective silhouetting and colour. brilliant!
jenfinger77
Great clarity. Very nice.
MissKristy
Stunning shot!! I know nothing about skating but high speed wobbles sound dangerous and FUN to me ;)
Juilee Pryor
fabulous work.
Michael Douglass
Very nice, frame, colour, silhouette, sense of movement.
memory
What a strong image.
pmistric
Awesome. I saw this on the featured page…it caught my eye right away.
Jordan Duff
Ahh speed wobbles, the memories. Great clean image, can’t wait to see it on a tee, keeping it clean for now would be my vote.
elliewinds
excellent.
dehart12
very cool!! great job on this!
Suzanne German
what a fantastic idea shot and result!!!
TalBright
so cool!!
4getsundaydrvs
love the silloutte
Beo Lo
cool
paulywog1561
My brother and I used to do the same type of thing.
The wipe outs were hard on the skin.
OUCH!
Zolton
Excellent image. You’ve got some really great stuff. This would make a perfect t-shirt.
Mark Ramstead
I was working on just that when I was interrupted a long while ago…
~ Ademac
Marvelous….........................well done.
Zack Nichols
This is “rad”! It’s a great piece of art for many reasons including the graphic quality of the photo, the gestural capture of the figure, and the recording of the pure creative energy that is skateboarding. Nice one.
linaji
Nobody answered your quaere.. what indeed is a high speed wobble?
Mark Ramstead replied
small short skateboards are prone to fish tail at high speeds and begin to create a wobble in the rider back and forth until the speed exceeds the boards ability to turn, then you skid and wipe out, hopefully remaining on your feet as you try to suddenly run at top speed.
amanda marx
love it . . . brings back the best memories of youth . . . yes . . . my youth
fabulous shot mark, gets better the longer i look at it
Mark Ramstead replied
I just realized the importance of this statement! Do you miss that other orientation in your memories?
Nick Ford
Great shot!!! Loved the down hills runs …............... still do 20 years later!
hahahaa …....... yes, the old death wobbles!!!! Deadly stuff.
amanda marx
yes & no . . . change is a universal constant in life . . . & mine comes with a Capital C that may make an interesting RB story/photo essay one day
cheers mark
Mark Ramstead replied
Welcome back… I would read it.
Pip Gerard
This is an awesome silhouette shot!! /
you should put this and your other skate shots in this new group